john is in washington. good morning, john. >> good morning. i think his message will be one we've heard from the administration which is first of all they are delighted by the news. delighted the rate is under 8%. delighted the august numbers were revised upward. but also have a tempered tone and say we got a lot of work to do because we do as one economic analyst told my colleague at the "new york times" earlier today this economy seems to only have three gears, slow, or reverse. it's not a good economy for president obama to be running with but this is good news. it was good news for the country that just a few minutes ago andy in his interview with you rejected the conspiracy talk about the jobless number which is a reflection of the disease in our political media culture. that was a step forward and the debate we ought to have about where the economy is really going. the underlying reality of the situation. >> might have been a step forward, john, but another more cynical view might be that the jack welch, our former boss and a man we all